Andrew Bird's `Armchair Apocrypha' challenges the intellect.

Knight Ridder/Tribune | April 26, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Brad Revare

WHO/WHAT: Andrew Bird, "Armchair Apocrypha"

QUICK DESCRIPTION: Chicago native Andrew Bird's 10th album, "Armchair Apocrypha," may be his most diverse and at times inaccessible release yet. But experience has proven him one of the best musical talents around.

THE GOOD: With a vocabulary that rivals the Decemberists (see "apocrypha," "Scythian") listeners will find no shortage of intellectual and diverse musical musings from one of indie rock's most-loved artists. Songs like "Spare-ohs" meander, using understated guitars and ...

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